Cook stove



Sept. 23, 1930. E.-c. GIESELMAN COOK STOVE 5 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Sept, '50, 192.9

ATTORNEY Sept. 23, 1930. E. c. GIESELMAN COOK STOVE Filed Sept. 30, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR Wifi 'ese//Wan ATTORNEY Sept: 23, 1930. E. c. GIESELMAN v COOK STOVE Filed Sept. 50, 1929 3 SheetsSheet 5 I I I I I ,-.l I l l I I I I l l: I l I l I l L l fa/20757 [fl se/)Wan INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 23, 1930 PATENT OFFICE EDWIN o. GIESELMAN, or BENTON, ILLINOIS COOK STOVE Application filed September 30, 1929. Serial No. 396,271. Y

The invention relates to stoves, particularly that type designed for domestic use, and has for its general object the provision of a novel stove adapted to burn gas or`oil, gasl oline or the like and embodying various detailed features of construction whereby to possess unusual advantages in point of convenience, compactness and adaptability for different purposes.

An important object is to provide a cook y or domestic stove with an oven so mounted as to be shiftable'from operative position to a concealed and inoperative position so as to permit employment of the burners for purposes other than baking or roasting instead of such burners being devoted to the one purpose alone.

Another object is to provide a stove hav inga splasher or back member capable of being moved into a position covering the burners whereby to convert the stove into a table when it is not needed for cooking purposes.

-Another object of the invention is to provide a stove Jof this type having a vgeneral utility shelf which may be extended in front of the burners when necessary to facilitate the preparation of meals or the like, the shelf being so mounted that it may, when its use is not desired, be folded down into an inoperative position beneath the stove, concealed and entirely out of the way.

Another object is to provide a stove of this character which on account of the shiftability or movability of the oven into an inoperative and concealed position combined with the employment or provision of the splasher or back capable of being folded down to form a table top will be of great benefit in places where space is at a premium as for example, in small apartments and other places where there is but little room which can be devoted to domestic service such as cooking, serving meals, etc.

An additional object is to provide a stove embodying these characteristics and which make, easy to use, positive in action, efficient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention preferably consists in the details of construction and the arrangement and combinationof parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ystove showing it in fully operative position with the splasher or back raised into verticalk position and with the oven in cooking position.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the ovenv swung down into inoperative position and with the splasher or back shifted to form a table top covering the burners.

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the stove with the parts arranged as in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of the parts arranged as in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a top plan viewY with the parts arranged as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

Figure 6 is a top plan view with the parts arranged as shown in Figures 2 and 4.

Figure 7 is a rear elevation of the back member or splasher.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, I have shown the stove as comprising a main or body portion 10 of casing like form mounted upon suitable legs 11. This main or body portion comprises a back 12, a bottom 13, and sides 14. The top thereof may be open or closed as preferred and, is provided with a plurality of burners 15 for gas,

oil or in fact any other desired fuel of a longed `upwardly and extend considerably above the burners where they carry a forwardly extending shelf 18 which may be used for supporting articles of various kinds.

This shelf is here represented as braced by curved brace elements 19 so that the structure will be relatively strong and rigid.

The stove further includes an oven 2O of any preferred shape and of a size to extend over a plurality of the burners 15. This oven comprises a casing like structure and is hinged at 21 at the top of the main or body portion 14. The oven 20 when in normal or operative position is located above the twov forwardmost burners 15 and when its useis not desired is adapted to be swung rearwardly and downwardly so as to lie in a position entirely below the top of the main or body portion 14 as clearly indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2. This oven is, of course, provided with a suitable door 22 permitting access to the interior and with a handle 23 lo by means of which it maybe moved fromy one position to the other. In ordinary types of stoves it is customary to provide a. back or splasher as it is frequently called, the usual construction being 15 rigid or immovable. In accordance with the present invention I replace the usual rigid ack or splasher with a splasher 'member 24, Which is movabley and which is carried by links or arms 25 pivoted upon the stove as shown at 26 and pivoted to the back or'splasher as shown at 27 so that this splasher or'back 24 may be swung with its lower edge extended forwardly and its upper edge receding into a position such that it will cover the burners 15 and constitute, in effect, a table top adapted for general utility purposes. The normal position of the splasher is shown in Figure 1 and its position to form a table top is illustrated in Figure 2 and also in Figure 4, as well as 6.

Another feature of this stove is the provision of a utility shelf 28 pivoted at 29 to supporting arms 30 having elongated slots 31 with lateral extensions 32 therein, which slots and extensions cooperate with pins 33 on the sides 14 of the main or body portion of the stove. W'hen use of the shelf 28 is desired it may be swung upwardlv into a horizontal position as shown in Figure 1 with its rear edge portion abutting against the top of the main or body portion 10 of the stove. If`

use of the shelf is not desired it is clear that by lifting the arms 30 so that the pins 33 will come within the slots 31 the shelf 28 may be let down so asto lie upon the bottom 13 of the main or body portion 10 as clearly indicated in Figure 2 of the drawings. In the operation of the stove, it will be seen that under ordinary circumstances if the stove is desired to be used for cooking only upon the to thereof, that is to say without roasting or aking, vthe splasher or back 24 1s raised into its vertical position shown Y 1n Figures 1 and 3 while the oven 20 is swung rearwardly and downwardly to lie in its concealed posltion shown in Figure 2. If use of the oven is desired it is simply swung Afrom 1ts concealed position shown in Figure 2 upwardly and forwardly into the position shown 1n F1gure 1 whereupon it will overlie two of the burners 15 at the front -of the stove. When the stove is not used for cooking purposes at all the oven 2O is swung downwardy 1nto concealed position and the splasher or '35 back'24 is so swung as to overlie the burners another ly supported from the body portion of the as shown in Figure 2 whereupon the stove is capable of use as a table. The utility shelf 18 is always ready forservice as it is a permanent Iixturewhereas the shelf 28 may or may not be used depending upon necessity.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will be apparent that I have thus provided an extraordinarily compact stove for domesticv purposes and one which may be converted from one use to depending 'upon circumstances. Ample provision has been made for supporting kettles, pots, pans or other utensils while the stove is in use and it has also been made possible to make use of all of the burners lfor cooking upon top of the stove whereas under ordinary constructions certain of the burners are limited for roasting or baking particularly advantageous for use where there is a limited space for example in small apartments and the like. It is believed from the foregoing the construction, operation and advantages will be readily apparent to one ,o skilled inthe art Without further explanation.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understood that I reserve the right to g5 make all such changes in the details of con- A struction and the arrangement and combination of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: Y

,1. A stove of the character described comprising a main body portion provided atits top with a plurality of burners, and being open at the space unoccupied by the burners, and an oven hinged upon said top and disposable selectively to overlie a plurality of the burners or .to be contained in concealed position within the body portion leaving the burners exposed. y 2. A stove of the character described comprising a main body portion provided at its top with a plurality of burners, and being open at the space unoccupied by the burners, an yoven hinged upon said top and dispos-` able selectively to overlie a plurality' of the burners or to be contained in concealed position within the body portion leaving the burners exposed, and a back member hingedstove and disposable selectively to extend in vertical position at the rear of the burners or to extend in horizontal position overlying the burners and the oven when the latter is in concealed position.

3. A stove of the character described comprising a main body portion provided 'at' its top W1th a plurality of burners, and being open atthe space unoccupied by the burnv ers,an oven hinged upon said-top and disposi' able selectively to overlie a plurality of the burners or to be contained in concealed position within the body portion leaving'the burners exposed, an emergency shelf, and a plurality of arms pivotally connected therewith and movably connected with the body of the stove whereby said shelf may be disposed in front of the top of said main or body portion to constitute a continuation thereof or whereby it may be disposed to lie upon the bottom of said body portion in concealed position.

4. In a stove of the character described, the combination of a housing like'bod-y portion open at its top and provided at the top with a iplurality of burners, an oven movably mounted at the top and disposable selectively" -to overlie certain of the burners or to lie entirely beneath the plane of the top in concealed position within said body portion, a back member, an arm pivoted upon the body portion and pivotally connected with said back member whereby the back member may be disposed selectively in vertical position to constitute a splasher or to overlie the burners whenthe oven is in lowered position to constitute a table top overlying the burners.

5. In a stove of the character described,

the combination of a housing like body portion open at its top and provided at the top with a plurality of burners, an oven-movably mounted at the top and disposable selectively to overlie certain of the burners or to lie entirely beneath the plane of the top in concealed position within said body por-4 tion, a back member, an arm pivoted upon the' body portion and pivotally connected with said back member whereby the back member may be disposed selectively in vertical postion to constitute a splasher or to overlie the burners when the oven is in lowi ered position to constitute a table top overlying the burners in conjunction With a general i utility shelf pivotally supported and adapted to constitute a continuation'of the front edge of said top of the main or body portion or to be disposed in lowered position within the confines thereof.

l Intestimony whereof I aiix my signature.

. EDWIN C. GIESELMAN. 

